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“small”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Pál is a masculine given name documented in Faroese and Hungarian. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Paulus. It is a form of Paul, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “small”.
Meaning: “small”
From Latin Paulus.
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Pal— “little”
_Pal_, _m._ _Hung._ Lat. little, 165
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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President of Hungary from 2010 to 2012
Prime Minister of Hungary (1879–1941)
Hungarian-American chess player
Hungarian association football player and manager
Hungarian mathematician (1910–1976)
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